[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10082-10083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03866]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0028; FRL-9922-33-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral 
Industries (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Calciners and Dryers 
in Mineral Industries (40 CFR part 60, subpart UUU) (Renewal)'' (EPA 
ICR No. 0746.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0251), to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 28, 
2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A 
fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated 
burden and cost to the public. An Agency may neither conduct nor 
sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a

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collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 27, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0028, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Respondents are owners or operators of calciners and 
dryers at mineral processing plants that either process or produce any 
of the following minerals and their concentrates or any mixture of 
which the majority is any of the following minerals or a combination of 
these minerals: Alumina, ball clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, 
fire clay, fuller's earth, gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin, lightweight 
aggregate, magnesium compounds, perlite, roofing granules, talc, 
titanium dioxide, and vermiculite. Particulate matter is the pollutant 
regulated under this subpart. Feed and product conveyors are not 
considered part of the affected facility. Facilities subject to NSPS 
Subpart LL, Metallic Mineral Processing Plants, are not subject to 
these standards. There are additional processes and process units at 
mineral processing plants listed at section 60.730(b) which are not 
subject to the provisions of this subpart.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notification 
reports, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/
operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to 
maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, 
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or 
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to 
NSPS. Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, 
and records.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of calciners and 
dryers at mineral processing plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart UUU).
    Estimated number of respondents: 167 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 6,436 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $738,649 (per year), which includes $108,550 
in either annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs or both.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of two hours in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. 
In the previous ICR, the burden associated with writing the 
``notification of physical or operation change'' was incorrectly 
calculated with zero respondents. In this ICR, it was corrected to one 
respondent.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting-Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-03866 Filed 2-24-15; 8:45 am]
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